A fellow blogger sent me this link to YouTube. A FW 190 in pretty good shape was found in a Russian forest. Interesting battlefield archaeology.
Here’s a pic of some FW-190′s waiting to take off somewhere in Russia.
Here is some more information on the FW-190 featured in the above video. The info is from a German researcher and fellow blogger. His website is well worth a visit to students of WW2
Focke Wulf 190 Werknummer 151227, Code DG+HO. Lost after the pilot (Paul Rätz), 4./ Jagdgeschwader 5 had to make an emergency landing after a ground attack mission near Leningrad. Pilot is still MIA.
Found in 1989. Salvaged by “Jeremy Moore Engineering” in 1990 , restored by “Warbirds of Great Britain”. Starting in 2001 restoration was continued in the US.
US registry number “N19027″
Fw-190 on the eastern front
Found out more about the machine:
Focke Wulf 190 Werknummer 151227, Code DG+HO. Lost after the pilot (Paul Rätz), 4./ Jagdgeschwader 5 had to make an emergency landing after a ground attack mission near Leningrad. Pilot is still MIA.
Found in 1989. Salvaged by “Jeremy Moore Engineering” in 1990 , restored by “Warbirds of Great Britain”. Starting in 2001 restauration was continued in the US.
US registry number “N19027″
Thanks Rob. I post my blogs to Facebook and have updated the FW-190 post post with your added information as well as a link to your website. There a few men on my FB list who have an interest in WW2 so I hope they check out your site.
Danke mein Freund, very kind of you.
As I recall from my ninth-tenth grade German classes my response to a “danke” should be “bitte.” So, bitte my freund.
You probably were a A+ student
Hardly an A student, classic under achiever. Did okay in German class but if you don’t use it you lose it.